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begrava

bury, inter

Meaning

bury, inter

In Swedish: lägga i graven

Conjugation

Conjugation of begrava (bury)
Infinitive	att begrava	to bury
Present	begraver	jag begraver
Past	begravde	jag begravde
Supine	begravt	used after har / hade
Perfect	har begravt	jag har begravt
Past perfect	hade begravt	jag hade begravt
Future	ska begrava	or: kommer att begrava
Conditional	skulle begrava	jag skulle begrava
Imperative	begrav!	a command
Present participle	begravande	-ing, used as an adjective
Past participle	begravd	used like an adjective, and agrees like one

Passive (-s form)

Passive of begrava
Infinitive	begravas
Present	begravs
Past	begravdes
Supine	begravts

Group 2: -er verbs. Present -er, past -de or -te (after a voiceless consonant), supine -t. Swedish verbs don't change for person: jag, du, hon, vi and de all use begraver. See the four verb groups explained.

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begrava in a sentence

han begravdes i hemlighet
he was buried in secret
ligga begravd
lie buried
begravd i glömska
consigned to oblivion

Expressions

här ligger en hund begraven
there is something fishy going on round here

Questions

What does begrava mean in English?

begrava means “bury, inter”.

What is the past tense of begrava?

The past tense of begrava is begravde (“jag begravde”). The supine is begravt, used in “jag har begravt”.

What is the present tense of begrava?

begraver, the same for every person: jag begraver, du begraver, vi begraver.

Similar words

jordfästadölja

Origin

From Old Swedish begrava, from Middle Low German begrāven, from Proto-Germanic *bigrabaną.

Nearby common words

begrava is number 1,540 in our frequency list. These words come just before and after it.

1,536dejta to date, to date (someone)
1,537slita wear, wear out
1,538energi energy
1,539inspektör inspector
1,541city downtown area
1,542förmåga power, ability
1,543djävul fiend, devil
1,544desto all the (desto bättre, all the better)

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